Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash Gemach Fund

Analysis

Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash Gemach Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash Gemach Fund reported income of £162k and spending of £126k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £133k to £162k (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash Gemach Fund sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cake Club (£162k), Vital Projects (£162k) and Al-Habib Islamic Educational and Cultural Centre Swindon (£162k).